THE PHOENIX
by that of a man from Anderson who was in a tearing hurry to get through Muncie. And Marie Kingdon stopped the town's traffic while she not only traversed the w rong direction of a one-way street, but had the assistance of a charmed "Copper" as she did it!) Four of us-Betty Rice, Genevieve Leib, Marie Kingdon, and your correspondent-stayed over for the breakfast given the following morning for the active chapter, rushees, and Indianapolis Alumn:e at the Hotel Roberts by the Anderson-Muncie Alumn:e chapter. This was a happy occasion, presided over by Miss Anna Marie Yates, president of the hostesses' group. W e met in October at the home of Marie Kingdon. Results of rush in Muncie were reported. Jean McCammon told us of the needs of the Indianapolis Day Nursery, the organization to which we will contribute this year. The children in Esther Burge's sc hool bring toys to give to needy youngsters, and this year they will let us include their gifts in ours to the Day Nursery. We are grateful to Esther and her school for this very material assistance in our project. A letter from our Mothers' Club invites us to the annual Christmas party on December 28th . The girls presented our Genevieve Leib with a gift in honor of her wedding anniversary. Possibly I shouldn't tell you what anniversary, so I won't. The gift was a silver dish. Our travelers this summer included Helen Salvage, who enjoyed a lovely trip to California; Dorothy Karrma nn , who went to Manistee Forest, Michigan; and H elen Emick, who had a nne trip to Denver, and came flying home from Chicago. W e are sorry to lose Geraldine Holton, former PHOEN IX correspondent to Kokomo, Indiana. WILMA MAE W oLF.
KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI Greetings aga in to everyone from the Kansas City chapter! We have started our fall activities after what has seemed a very short summer. The weather here was ideal until the fir st of September, and then when children and teachers were hurrying back to the schoolroom 'Ole Mister Sol said, ''I'll send that mercury climbing,"-a nd he did-so high in fact, that we ex peri enced a number of very uncom fortable days . That was to help us ap prec iate these lovely fall days more, I g uess . Looki ng back to last Spring fo r some news, I find that the Travel Party g iven at the home of our president, Dulcie Baird, with Mary Grubbs, Frances Ewi ng a nd Alice Broyles assisting, was a g reat succes . We made our travel costumes from newspapers, ribbon, string and etc., and I'm ure the new bustle dre es have nothing on some of the clever costumes di played in our fas hion parade. Other games occupied our time during the evening and then to satisfy the appetites of a group of hung ry travelers, refre hments we re erved. On May 1 , we entertained our husbands and
escorts at a picnic. There " your friends met my friends and my friends met your friends" and we all had a jolly good time. Food was in abundance, as it should be at a picnic, and everyone ate his fill. We were indebted to our hostesses, Marian Fischer, Margaret Bryant and Beth Mager for the good food. Our last meeting before we adjourned for the summer was a Bridge Benefit at the Kansas City Gas Company. Luncheon was served to our guests at 12:30 p. m. Guests to fill twenty tables were present. Our picnic in May was such a success we decided to have some picnics during the three summer months, even if they were not on our schedule. We had two picnics and each time husbands and escorts insisted they were a part of the A. S. A., so they were in attendance. September r6, saw the beginning of our fall activities. The girls met at the home of Mildred Harmon for a Dessert Luncheon at r :30 p . m . Assisting hostesses were: Kathryn Limberlake, Lucille Stalsworth and Jean Strother. After the luncheon the remainder of the afternoon was spent by making infant clothing for the Needlework Guild. Twentytwo garments were made. We are looking forward to our next meeting to be held at Mildred Hanthorn's home in Independence, October 2rst. Now for a few personal items: We are sorry to report the death of Ruby Waterbury's mother on July 19th. Ruby spent most of the month of July in Colorado, at her parents' home. Frances Ewing and her husband attended summer school at the University of Missouri, at Columbia. We miss Eleanor Heady very much at our meetings, but we know she is enjoying her new home at Lawrence, Kansas, where her hvsband is a member of the Kansas University faculty. Mildred Hanthorn spent her summer vacationing in Alaska. We hope to hear all about her trip at the next meeting. The fishing was good in Minnesota this summer, so reports Kathryn Timberlake and her husband. Esther Bucher spent her vacation in New Orleans and Wilma Sharp and lice Broyles enjoyed a trip to ew York. Our president Dulcie Baird, served as head counselor at the Hill Crest Camp this summer. MILDRED H ARMO
KIRKSVILLE, MISSOURI The Alumn:e chapter of Kirksv ille meets regularly the fourth Thursday of each month with twenty- nine members on the roll. It is an ann ual custom fo r the alumn:e to entertain in honor of the rushees and acti ve chapter. This year the party is to be October 24 a "Cra zy" Bridge and T ea at the Kirksville Country Club. Miss Frances Eggert, a fo rmer teacher in the Kirksville enior Hi g h chool and alumn:e pre ident is to be married ovember 5 1939 to Robert Me ulley.